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You are here: Home / Major Brand News / A-B’s Big Give-away

A-B’s Big Give-away

News »  Major Brand Newsposted Sep 23rd 06:08:21PM by pbrewadmin

What to do when sales are slumping? Give it away of course.

Well, it’s not that simple of course, but Anheuser-Busch announced yesterday a new marketing push that will focus on sampling. A-B will unleash its biggest-ever national free-sample effort with the slogan “Grab some Buds.” Wait, what kind of buds? This could be confusing if Prop. 19 passes in California.

The free samples will range from 6 ounces to 12 ounces, depending on state and local rules. A-B will hand out 500,000 samples by mid-October. A-B also plans to partner with Facebook so folks turning age 22 and up can get a free beer on birthdays.

Executives at Anheuser-Busch insist they can reignite interest from younger drinkers with an image upgrade and a reintroduction via sampling.

“Brands can come back,” says Dave Peacock, A-B president. “Consumers have a high awareness of the brand, but some haven’t tried it in a long time. When we get the trial, we find we have a positive result,” Peacock says.

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Comments

  1. HinduKush says

    September 23, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    Sometimes even free is too expensive. I will take some prop 19 kindness though.

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